strongchick
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If this John Walker character was 'of color'....his ass would be buried UNDER THE JAIL.
edit: to CLARIFY: John Walker is the white American found in Afghanistan holding an AK-47 pointed at us. The point of this article, which I agree with....is that Bush is and will continue to pussyfoot around this guy and not support punishing him soundly because the dude is not Afghani. I further postulate that if this guy was of color....there would be no messing around. Why is Bush being so patient and understanding?
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2059692
Compassion is one thing. Selective compassion is another. Bush hasn't excused Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taliban as "poor fellows." He hasn't spared Taliban soldiers on the grounds that they've been "misled." He doesn't call young Afghans by their first names or talk about how they've been "raised better." These sympathetic reflections are reserved, in Fleischer's words, for a "young American." Such understanding comments are understandable. You can see Walker's life from his point of view, because he's like you or your kid. But that isn't compassion or justice. It's bias.
edit: to CLARIFY: John Walker is the white American found in Afghanistan holding an AK-47 pointed at us. The point of this article, which I agree with....is that Bush is and will continue to pussyfoot around this guy and not support punishing him soundly because the dude is not Afghani. I further postulate that if this guy was of color....there would be no messing around. Why is Bush being so patient and understanding?
http://slate.msn.com/?id=2059692
Compassion is one thing. Selective compassion is another. Bush hasn't excused Pakistanis who fought alongside the Taliban as "poor fellows." He hasn't spared Taliban soldiers on the grounds that they've been "misled." He doesn't call young Afghans by their first names or talk about how they've been "raised better." These sympathetic reflections are reserved, in Fleischer's words, for a "young American." Such understanding comments are understandable. You can see Walker's life from his point of view, because he's like you or your kid. But that isn't compassion or justice. It's bias.
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